Dr Surya P. Subedi is Professor of International Law at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. He has published extensively in several areas of international law, including six books and nearly 60 articles in major international law journals and chapters in edited books. One of his books entitled ‘International Investment Law: Reconciling Policy and Principle’ (Hart Publishing, Oxford) is now in its 3rd edition. It has been translated into Chinese and published in China.

He is a practising Barrister in England & Wales. His name has been designated to serve on the Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and on the Panels of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO). He was elected to the Institut de Droit International in 2011 and made a full member in 2015. He is a founder of the Asian Society of International Law and founding editor of its flagship journal, the Asian Journal of International Law published by Cambridge University Press. He currently is Chairman of its Board of Editors.